Full Field Inversion Methods in Ocean and Seismo-Acoustics

by Orest Diachok (Editor), Andrea Caiti (Editor), Peter Gerstoft (Editor), Henrik Schmidt (Editor)

Overview

Recent advances in the power of inversion methods, the accuracy of acoustic field prediction codes, and the speed of digital computers have made the full field inversion of ocean and seismic parameters on a large scale a practical possibility. These methods exploit amplitude and phase information detected on hydrophone/geophone arrays, thereby extending traditional inversion schemes based on time of flight measurements. Full field inversion methods provide environmental information by minimising the mismatch between measured and predicted acoustic fields through a global search of possible environmental parameters.
Full Field Inversion Methods in Ocean and Seismo-Acoustics is the formal record of a conference held in Italy in June 1994, sponsored by NATO SACLANT Undersea Research Centre. It includes papers by NATO specialists and others. Topics covered include:
· speed and accuracy of acoustic field prediction codes
· signal processing strategies
· global inversion algorithms
· search spaces of environmental parameters
· environmental shastic limitations
· special purpose computer architectures
· measurement geometries
· source and receiving sensor technologies.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789048145454
Publisher:	Springer Netherlands
Publication date:	09/17/2011
Series:	Modern Approaches in Geophysics , #12
Edition description:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1995
Pages:	421
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.04(d)

Table of Contents

Preface. Session 1: Speed and Accuracy of Replica Field Computations. Section 2: Signal Processing and Global Search Strategies. Section 3: Sonar and Source Technology. Section 4: Ocean Parameter Estimation. Section 5: Geoacoustic Parameter Estimation. Index.

Editorial Reviews

The formal record of a June 1994 international conference in Lerici, Italy, sponsored by the NATO SACLANT Undersea Research Centre. The 69 papers describe recent advances in gathering environmental information with full field inversion methods, which minimize the mismatch between measured and predicted acoustic fields by conducting a global search of possible environmental parameters. The topics include the speed and accuracy of acoustic field prediction codes, signal processing strategies, global inversion algorithms, search spaces of environmental parameters, environmental stochastic limitations, special purpose computer architectures, measurement geometries, and source and receiving sensor technologies. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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